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It's also a new (lower) cost model, which in turn is driving down prices. I've never worked in a true enterprise environment, but I gotta think a lot companies
by drumdance 14y ago
It's also a new (lower) cost model, which in turn is driving down prices. I've never worked in a true enterprise environment, but I gotta think a lot companies who have spent jillions implementing, say, Oracle CRM are now thinking they should've gone with SalesForce. (Not that I'm a fan of SalesForce's UI or integration tools. But the price is right for a lot of enterprises.)
- mattmanser 14y agoUm, Salesforce ain't cheap, can cost a grand a year per user. That's pretty much normal enterprise CRM pricing. Notice how the 'custom apps' are only included with enterprise. http://www.salesforce.com/crm/editions-pricing.jsp http://www.salesforce.com/crm/editions-pricing.jsp And you still have to pay silly money on top of that for a sandboxed version to test with. 'Cause they ain't very good at the programming/scaling lark. And invented their own really crappy SQL language.
- drumdance 14y agoYeah, but in the days of Siebel (now part of Oracle) you would easily spend $250k on a pile of disks. I remember advising companies who had spent fortunes and not even installed the software. At least with SalesForce you can start small. SalesForce is certainly not my favorite. They're just the most well known.